Mill town : reckoning with what remains

Book 2020

"A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault's own family. Years a...

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Androscoggin River Watershed (N.H. and Me.) Environmental conditions

Arsenault, Kerri Family

Mexico (Me. : Town) Biography

Mexico (Me. : Town) Social life and customs

Paper industry Environmental aspects Maine Oxford County

Paper industry Health aspects Maine Oxford County

Pollution Androscoggin River Region (N.H. and Me.) Anecdotes

Rumford (Me.) Biography

Rumford Mill

Working class Maine Mexico (Town) Biography